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"It is my opinion and the opinion of my attorney that none of my actions have violated any laws," said Campanella, who is the son of the Brooklyn Dodgers' Hall of Fame catcher. "Beyond that, I'm really not supposed to say anything more."

For months, scores of paid and volunteer workers at the station -- 78 of whom have signed a statement of no confidence in Campanella -- have been urging KPFA's board of directors to fire him, citing in particular a May 5 incident in which he allegedly invited a program producer to settle a dispute on the street. Union officials said Thursday that they were turning to state and, soon, federal officials, because station directors had taken no action.

KPFA's co-director of training, Rain Geesler, said Campanella had asked her out on a date within weeks of his hiring, but she turned him down. Since then, her relations with Campanella have been "highly stressful, and even retaliatory," she said in a statement.

Also named as a complainant is senior manager Lemlem Rijio. Rijio was quoted stating that soon after Campanella arrived, he had asked her "inappropriate questions," made "suggestive and personal remarks" and "forced" her to hold private meetings with him despite her objections.

When she was unreceptive to Campanella's behavior, Rijio said, he "started to retaliate against me daily -- with threats of termination, harassment, slander, as well as hostile and discriminatory treatment."

The airing of complaints about Campanella came two months after a former host of KPFA's popular "Flashpoints" program filed a lawsuit accusing the program's executive director of sexually harassing her during a four-year period when she worked on the show.